Stuart Berman
@stuberman.bsky.social
Producer at COMMOTION (CBC Radio 1); writer for Pitchfork, Toronto Star; author of THIS BOOK IS BROKEN: A Broken Social Scene Story + TOO MUCH TROUBLE: A Very Oral History of Danko Jones; publisher of stubermania.substack.com + hamontlive.substack.com
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A conversation with Gary "Mani" Mounfield from 2000
Remembering the late Stone Roses/Primal Scream bass-master by revisiting our Y2K-era chat about Bush 'n' Blair, Starbucks, the power of protest, and Vancouver weed.
stubermania.substack.com
This week in the stübermania newsletter: remembering the late, great Mani with a Y2K-era chat we did about Bush 'n' Blair, Starbucks, the power of protest, and weed stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
This week in the stübermania newsletter: remembering the late, great Mani with a Y2K-era chat we did about Bush 'n' Blair, Starbucks, the power of protest, and weed stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A conversation with Gary "Mani" Mounfield from 2000
Remembering the late Stone Roses/Primal Scream bass-master by revisiting our Y2K-era chat about Bush 'n' Blair, Starbucks, the power of protest, and Vancouver weed.
stubermania.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This week in the stübermania newsletter: remembering the late, great Mani with a Y2K-era chat we did about Bush 'n' Blair, Starbucks, the power of protest, and weed stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Scenes from a wonderful wintry night of Indigenous indie-rock at Mills Hardware (#hamont), with Zoon rocking the harmonica/Casio-digital-guitar combo like Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night + Trans phases rolled into one…
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Scenes from a wonderful wintry night of Indigenous indie-rock at Mills Hardware (#hamont), with Zoon rocking the harmonica/Casio-digital-guitar combo like Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night + Trans phases rolled into one…
Stephen McBean: still fucking mountains after all these years
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Stephen McBean: still fucking mountains after all these years
A perfectly epic summation of a perfectly epic album, c/o @zachschonfeld.bsky.social
For this week's Sunday Review, I went long on one of my favorite albums of all time: Giant Steps by the Boo Radleys.
The Boo Radleys: Giant Steps
Read Zach Schoenfeld’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A perfectly epic summation of a perfectly epic album, c/o @zachschonfeld.bsky.social
“And I’ve got such a long way to go…”
“Such a long way to go!”
“Such a long way to go!”
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“And I’ve got such a long way to go…”
“Such a long way to go!”
“Such a long way to go!”
“East Coast ‘90s Indie Rock Bands” doesn’t seem to fit
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“East Coast ‘90s Indie Rock Bands” doesn’t seem to fit
My review of last night’s mega Macca show for @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Review: Paul McCartney rocks Hamilton's TD Coliseum
The Got Back tour show felt less like an endless parade of familiar favourites and more like a jukebox-musical staging of the performer's life.
www.thestar.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My review of last night’s mega Macca show for @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
Reposted by Stuart Berman
This week in the stübermania newsletter: a conversation with Beck from 2000 about graduating to arenas, music critics, working with Johnny Marr, and the supremely unsexy conditions that spawned Midnite Vultures. Plus: notes on new music from Computer, Sorry, Tony Molina, Danko Jones + more!
A conversation with Beck from 2000
The genre-mashing maestro talks about graduating to arenas, music critics, working with Johnny Marr, and the supremely unsexy conditions that spawned Midnite Vultures
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This week in the stübermania newsletter: a conversation with Beck from 2000 about graduating to arenas, music critics, working with Johnny Marr, and the supremely unsexy conditions that spawned Midnite Vultures. Plus: notes on new music from Computer, Sorry, Tony Molina, Danko Jones + more!
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Reposted by Stuart Berman
Tobais Jesso Jr. aging nicely into his Westerberg years
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Tobais Jesso Jr. aging nicely into his Westerberg years
This week in the stübermania newsletter: a conversation with Beck from 2000 about graduating to arenas, music critics, working with Johnny Marr, and the supremely unsexy conditions that spawned Midnite Vultures. Plus: notes on new music from Computer, Sorry, Tony Molina, Danko Jones + more!
A conversation with Beck from 2000
The genre-mashing maestro talks about graduating to arenas, music critics, working with Johnny Marr, and the supremely unsexy conditions that spawned Midnite Vultures
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This week in the stübermania newsletter: a conversation with Beck from 2000 about graduating to arenas, music critics, working with Johnny Marr, and the supremely unsexy conditions that spawned Midnite Vultures. Plus: notes on new music from Computer, Sorry, Tony Molina, Danko Jones + more!
“It Takes Two Factor Authentication”
Have the internet ruin a song:
“Tuesday’s Goon”
“Tuesday’s Goon”
Have the internet ruin a song:
“Sing me a song, you're the piano cat”
“Sing me a song, you're the piano cat”
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
“It Takes Two Factor Authentication”
RIP Mani, who'd be a legend for "I Am the Ressurrection" and "Fools Gold" alone, but then went on to provide the bruising bottom end to the greatest UK rock album of the 21st century: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g3U...
Exterminator by Primal Scream
YouTube video by Michael Harris
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November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
RIP Mani, who'd be a legend for "I Am the Ressurrection" and "Fools Gold" alone, but then went on to provide the bruising bottom end to the greatest UK rock album of the 21st century: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g3U...
Reposted by Stuart Berman
"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." This
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves." This
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
piece about journalism grifters in the age of AI slop is fantastic, bonkers & sad on so many levels thelocal.to/investigatin...
Hamilton’s revamped arena, TD Coliseum, officially opens this Friday with Paul McCartney, but they’re doing a preview show tonight w/ Earth Wind & Fire, and the opening act is a cover band made up of construction workers, so the first people to play the joint are dudes who built it. Awesome. #hamont
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hamilton’s revamped arena, TD Coliseum, officially opens this Friday with Paul McCartney, but they’re doing a preview show tonight w/ Earth Wind & Fire, and the opening act is a cover band made up of construction workers, so the first people to play the joint are dudes who built it. Awesome. #hamont
Reposted by Stuart Berman
The weekend in the @thestar.com, I wrote about the never-ending excellence of Sloan, their valiant attempt to prank Oasis, and their mission to usurp U2:
Veteran Toronto rockers Sloan have just released one of their finest albums. So why are they trying to prank Oasis and beef with U2?
The new one's called 'Based on the Best Seller,' but the beauty of the band’s deep discography is that it's nearly impossible to tell if a particular record came out
www.thestar.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The weekend in the @thestar.com, I wrote about the never-ending excellence of Sloan, their valiant attempt to prank Oasis, and their mission to usurp U2:
The weekend in the @thestar.com, I wrote about the never-ending excellence of Sloan, their valiant attempt to prank Oasis, and their mission to usurp U2:
Veteran Toronto rockers Sloan have just released one of their finest albums. So why are they trying to prank Oasis and beef with U2?
The new one's called 'Based on the Best Seller,' but the beauty of the band’s deep discography is that it's nearly impossible to tell if a particular record came out
www.thestar.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The weekend in the @thestar.com, I wrote about the never-ending excellence of Sloan, their valiant attempt to prank Oasis, and their mission to usurp U2:
Today at @pitchfork.com, I wrote about the miraculous new Hüsker Dü box set.
Hüsker Dü: 1985: The Miracle Year
Read Stuart Berman’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Today at @pitchfork.com, I wrote about the miraculous new Hüsker Dü box set.
Reposted by Stuart Berman
Pavement have a new compilation out today, so for this week's stubermania newsletter, we revisit my 2015 chats with Stephen Malkmus + Scott Kannberg about the last time they tried to quarantine their past for the ill-fated Secret History vinyl series: stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A conversation with Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg of Pavement from 2015
As the '90s indie-rock icons release a new greatest-hits collection today, let's revisit their previous attempt to quarantine their past with the ill-fated Secret History vinyl series
stubermania.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Pavement have a new compilation out today, so for this week's stubermania newsletter, we revisit my 2015 chats with Stephen Malkmus + Scott Kannberg about the last time they tried to quarantine their past for the ill-fated Secret History vinyl series: stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Kiwi Jr at The Underground in #hamont, debuting a great new tune that proves the old adage: every song sounds better with “Tally Ho” keyboards.
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Kiwi Jr at The Underground in #hamont, debuting a great new tune that proves the old adage: every song sounds better with “Tally Ho” keyboards.
Pavement have a new compilation out today, so for this week's stubermania newsletter, we revisit my 2015 chats with Stephen Malkmus + Scott Kannberg about the last time they tried to quarantine their past for the ill-fated Secret History vinyl series: stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
A conversation with Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg of Pavement from 2015
As the '90s indie-rock icons release a new greatest-hits collection today, let's revisit their previous attempt to quarantine their past with the ill-fated Secret History vinyl series
stubermania.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Pavement have a new compilation out today, so for this week's stubermania newsletter, we revisit my 2015 chats with Stephen Malkmus + Scott Kannberg about the last time they tried to quarantine their past for the ill-fated Secret History vinyl series: stubermania.substack.com/p/a-conversa...
Montreal illustrator Raymond Biesinger just put out a great new book called '9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off', so we had him and freelance photographer Jackie Dives on Commotion this week to talk about how independent creators can protect their work:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw6E...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw6E...
How artists fight back after getting ripped off
YouTube video by Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Montreal illustrator Raymond Biesinger just put out a great new book called '9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off', so we had him and freelance photographer Jackie Dives on Commotion this week to talk about how independent creators can protect their work:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw6E...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw6E...